Shocking but true! The feud between Kasparov and Karpov seemed to vanish and now Korchnoi is playing on the same team as Karpov in the Russian Team Championship! It seems that the Chess For Peace idea has become a reality 🙂
The Russian Team Championship is taking place from May 1 – 12, 2007 in Sochi. Here are just some of the big names as reported on www.RusChess.com:
g Morozevich Alexander 2762 Russia, g Radjabov Teimour 2747 Azerbaidzhan, g Gelfand Boris 2733 Israel, g Ivanchuk Vasily 2729 Ukraine, g Grischuk Alexander 2717 Russia, g Jakovenko Dmitry 2708 Russia, g Akopian Vladimir 2703 Armenia, g Shirov Aleksey 2699 Spain, g Karjakin Sergey 2686 Ukraine, g Elianov Pavel 2686 Ukraine, g Rublevsky Sergey 2680 Russia, g Alekseev Evgeny 2679 Russia, g g Malakhov Vladimir 2679 Russia, g Kasymzhanov Rustam 2677 Uzbekistan, g Inarkiev Ernesto 2669 Russia, g Karpov Anatoly 2668 Russia, g Onischuk Alexander 2663 USA, g Tiviakov Sergey 2663 Holland/Russia, g Zvjaginsev Vadim 2659 Russia, g Timofeev Artem 2658 Russia, g Volokitin Andrey 2654 Ukraine, g Georgiev Kiril 2653 Bulgaria, g Tkachiev Vladislav 2652 France, g Harikrishna Pentala 2650 India, g Bareev Evgeny 2643 Russia, g Bologan Viorel 2636 Moldova etc.
Here is the official website.
Karpov and Korchnoi can still play a mean game of chess 🙂
Why is Korchnoi in the Russian Team Championship at all? He’s still a Swiss citzen, isn’t he?
You don’t have to be russian to play for a russian team. Think of football teams.
Was yogurt served? 🙂
Go Karpov!!
Susan,
have you had time to look at the Morozevich-Ivanchuk game that was played the other day? It was a fantastic game although Moro made a mess of it in the end
well
Korchnoi didn’t look to happy about it in the photo on the official website and Karpov is playing one ultra quick draw after another, presumably just to get out of the playing hall as quickly as possible…
I can’t wait to see Korchnoi at Las Vegas next month. Wish Karpov was playing too.
say what??? haha…next..Bobby will show up.
I think thats cool. Good on em.
Karpov and Korchnoi on Russian Championships?
Huh,trade mark they are following is obviously:”win with grace LOOSE with dignancy”
Great to see Karpov and Korchnoi being so cooperative these days. By the way, who gets Board 1? (ducks)
Karpov is board 1
Who is the babe?
Time heals everything.
It is past almost 30 years now.
Everyone get older and wiser.